Are you going to the New Mills Lantern Procession & Street Party?

Whether you're joining the parade or watching from the vantage points above, you won't want to miss this spectacular annual event!

It's time for the New Mills Lantern Procession and we're VERY excited! Every autumn the parade and street party mark the culmination of a fortnight of Festival events, art and more in New Mills - and it's a spectacular climax.

Organisers are expecting 10,000 people to turn out to join or watch the procession of lanterns winding through the dramatic Torrs Riverside Park. The theme for 2016 is Innovation and local residents and visitors have been busy at workshops creating everything from rockets and robots to light bulbs and computers out of willow, tissue paper and paste. Hundreds of paper-bag lights have also been decorated to line the route, and as always there will be a few giant sculptures unveiled on the night.

The procession itself will take place from 7.30pm to around 9.30pm. There is nowhere to stand and spectate in the Torrs, but it is possible to get fantastic views from the town above, where the famous Street Party will be in full swing from 6pm until late. Enjoy live music, fire-eaters, jugglers, stilt-walkers and other performers, alongside a host of street food stalls.

The best vantage points are around the bus station and New Mills Heritage Centre. Please note that there is no access to the Torrs except at the official start at the Rock Tavern. There will be several road closures in place and parking will be very limited. There are two train stations in New Mills with direct trains to all stops to Buxton and through the Hope Valley, as well as Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.